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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Ground water 36 (1998), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1745-6584
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Geosciences
    Notes: Mobile sediment is a fundamental yet poorly characterized aspect of mass transport through karst aquifers. Here the development and field testing of an extremely sensitive particle tracer that may be used to characterize sediment transport in karst aquifers is described. The tracer consists of micron-size montmorillonite particles homoionized to the lanthanide form; after injection and retrieval from a ground water system, the lanthanide ions are chemically stripped from the clay and quantified by high performance liquid chromatography. The tracer meets the following desired criteria: low detection limit; a number of differentiable signatures; inexpensive production and quantification using standard methods; no environmental risks; and hydrodynamic properties similar to the in situ sediment it is designed to trace. The tracer was tested in laboratory batch experiments and field tested in both surface water and ground water systems. In surface water, arrival times of the tracer were similar to those of a conservative water tracer, although a significant amount of material was lost due to settling. Two tracer tests were undertaken in a karst aquifer under different flow conditions. Under normal flow conditions, the time of arrival and peak concentration of the tracer were similar to or preceded that of a conservative water tracer. Under low flow conditions, the particle tracer was not detected, suggesting that in low flow the sediment settles out of suspension and goes into storage.
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    ISSN: 1574-6941
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Filamentous microbial mats from three aphotic sulfidic springs in Lower Kane Cave, Wyoming, were assessed with regard to bacterial diversity, community structure, and ecosystem function using a 16S rDNA-based phylogenetic approach combined with elemental content and stable carbon isotope ratio analyses. The most prevalent mat morphotype consisted of white filament bundles, with low C:N ratios (3.5–5.4) and high sulfur content (16.1–51.2%). White filament bundles and two other mat morphotypes had organic carbon isotope values (mean δ13C =−34.7‰, 1σ= 3.6) consistent with chemolithoautotrophic carbon fixation from a dissolved inorganic carbon reservoir (cave water, mean δ13C =−7.4‰ for two springs, n= 8). Bacterial diversity was low overall in the clone libraries, and the most abundant taxonomic group was affiliated with the “Epsilonproteobacteria” (68%), with other bacterial sequences affiliated with Gammaproteobacteria (12.2%), Betaproteobacteria (11.7%), Deltaproteobacteria (0.8%), and the Acidobacterium (5.6%) and Bacteriodetes/Chlorobi (1.7%) divisions. Six distinct epsilonproteobacterial taxonomic groups were identified from the microbial mats. Epsilonproteobacterial and bacterial group abundances and community structure shifted from the spring orifices downstream, corresponding to changes in dissolved sulfide and oxygen concentrations and metabolic requirements of certain bacterial groups. Most of the clone sequences for epsilonproteobacterial groups were retrieved from areas with high sulfide and low oxygen concentrations, whereas Thiothrix spp. and Thiobacillus spp. had higher retrieved clone abundances where conditions of low sulfide and high oxygen concentrations were measured. Genetic and metabolic diversity among the “Epsilonproteobacteria” maximizes overall cave ecosystem function, and these organisms play a significant role in providing chemolithoautotrophic energy to the otherwise nutrient-poor cave habitat. Our results demonstrate that sulfur cycling supports subsurface ecosystems through chemolithoautotrophy and expand the evolutionary and ecological views of “Epsilonproteobacteria” in terrestrial habitats.
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    Electronic Resource
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    Springer
    Hydrogeology journal 8 (2000), S. 47-62 
    ISSN: 1435-0157
    Keywords: microbial processes ; USA ; scale effects ; hydrochemistry ; biodegradation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences
    Description / Table of Contents: Dans l'aquifère libre pollué du fluvio-glaciaire près de Bemidji (Minnesota, États-Unis), la chimie des carbonates est influencée d'abord à l'échelle macroscopique. Sous des conditions oxiques, la respiration d'hétérotrophes indigènes aérobies produit du dioxyde de carbone en excès, qui provoque la dissolution de la calcite et de la dolomite. Les micro-organismes aérobies ne colonisent pas la surface de la dolomite et sont peu présentes sur la calcite. Dans les eaux souterraines anoxiques, la croissance de la calcite forme sur la calcite non colonisée des plans de clivages, probablement dus à la consommation d'acidité par des bactéries simulant la réduction du fer. Comme la concentration d'oxygène moléculaire augmente en aval de la pollution pétrolière, les organismes aérobies dominent à nouveau et les hydrocarbures résiduels et le fer ferreux sont oxydés, ce qui provoque la dissolution des minéraux carbonatés et la précipitation du fer à l'échelle macroscopique. Les feldspaths au contraire sont altérés uniquement à l'échelle microscopique à proximité des micro-organismes fixés, principalement dans la partie anoxique du panache. Les organismes indigènes colonisent de préférence les feldspaths qui contiennent des traces de phosphore sous forme d'inclusions d'apatite, apparemment à cause de la faible concentration en P des eaux souterraines. Ces feldspaths s'altèrent rapidement, tandis que les feldspaths voisins sans traces de P ne sont ni colonisés, ni altérés. La dissolution des feldspaths s'accompagne de la précipitation de minéraux secondaires, quelquefois sur la paroi cellulaire elle-même de ces bactéries. Ces observations suggèrent un système de faible lien biogéochimique dans lequel les processus microbiens contrôlent la diagenèse minérale à plusieurs échelles d’interaction, de même que la minéralogie et la chimie minérale influencent l’écologie microbienne. Seule l’interaction à l’échelle macroscopique est cependant observable par les méthodes géochimiques classiques; l’obtention d’informations sur les interactions à l’échelle microscopique exige des analyses microscopiques des micro-organismes sur les surfaces des minéraux et des réactions diagénétiques localement intenses qui en résultent.
    Abstract: El acuífero libre, de origen glacio-fluvial, y localizado cerca de Bemidji, Minnesota, EEUU, es un ejemplo de acuífero contaminado donde la química del carbono está influida principalmente por procesos macroescalares. En condiciones óxicas, la respiración de los organismos aerobios heterótrofos produce un exceso de CO2 que da lugar a la disolución de calcita y dolomita. Los microorganismos anaerobios no aparecen en las dolomitas y apenas en las calcitas. En las aguas subterráneas anóxicas se forman recrecimientos de calcita en zonas de fracturación preferente no colonizadas previamente. Estos recrecimientos posiblemente se deban al consumo de la acidez por bacterias ferro-reductoras. Como la concentración de oxígeno crece hacia aguas abajo del penacho de petróleo, los microorganismos aerobios vuelven a dominar, oxidando los hidrocarburos residuales y el Fe(II), produciendo disolución de carbonatos y precipitación de hierro. Por el contrario, los feldespatos se meteorizan sólo al nivel de microescala, principalmente en la región anóxica del penacho. Los organismos colonizan y meteorizan de modo preferente aquellos feldespatos en los que aparecen trazas de fósforo en forma de inclusiones de apatita, aparentemente como consecuencia de las bajas concentraciones de fósforo en las aguas subterráneas. Los feldespatos sin fósforo no son colonizados ni meteorizados. La disolución de los feldespatos está acompañada por la precipitación de minerales secundarios, algunas veces en la propia pared celular de la bacteria. En resumen existe un sistema biogeoquímico estrechamente ligado, donde los procesos microbianos controlan la diagénesis mineral a diversas escalas, y donde la mineralogía y la geoquímica influencian la ecología microbiana. Sin embargo, sólo las interacciones macroescalares son observables con métodos estándar, mientras que las microescalares requieren el uso de microscopio para examinar la presencia de microorganismos en las superficies y las reacciones diagenéticas.
    Notes: macroscale processes that perturb general groundwater chemistry and therefore mineral–water equilibria; and microscale interactions, where attached organisms locally perturb mineral–water equilibria, potentially releasing limiting trace nutrients from the dissolving mineral. In the contaminated unconfined glacio-fluvial aquifer near Bemidji, Minnesota, USA, carbonate chemistry is influenced primarily at the macroscale. Under oxic conditions, respiration by native aerobic heterotrophs produces excess carbon dioxide that promotes calcite and dolomite dissolution. Aerobic microorganisms do not colonize dolomite surfaces and few occur on calcite. Within the anoxic groundwater, calcite overgrowths form on uncolonized calcite cleavage surfaces, possibly due to the consumption of acidity by dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria. As molecular oxygen concentration increases downgradient of the oil pool, aerobes again dominate and residual hydrocarbons and ferrous iron are oxidized, resulting in macroscale carbonate-mineral dissolution and iron precipitation. Feldspars, in contrast, weather exclusively at the microscale near attached microorganisms, principally in the anoxic region of the plume. Native organisms preferentially colonize feldspars that contain trace phosphorus as apatite inclusions, apparently as a consequence of the low P concentration in the groundwater. These feldspars weather rapidly, whereas nearby feldspars without trace P are uncolonized and unweathered. Feldspar dissolution is accompanied by the precipitation of secondary minerals, sometimes on the bacterial cell wall itself. These observations suggest a tightly linked biogeochemical system whereby microbial processes control mineral diagenesis at many scales of interaction, and the mineralogy and mineral chemistry influence microbial ecology. Only the macroscale interaction, however, is easily observable by standard geochemical methods, and documentation of the microscale interactions requires microscopic examination of microorganisms on mineral surfaces and the locally intense diagenetic reactions that result.
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    Publication Date: 2000-03-13
    Print ISSN: 1431-2174
    Electronic ISSN: 1435-0157
    Topics: Geosciences
    Published by Springer
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    Publication Date: 1998-09-01
    Print ISSN: 0017-467X
    Electronic ISSN: 1745-6584
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Geosciences
    Published by Wiley
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    Publication Date: 2015-11-01
    Print ISSN: 0920-4105
    Electronic ISSN: 1873-4715
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Geosciences , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Published by Elsevier
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    Publication Date: 2010-03-18
    Print ISSN: 1866-6280
    Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
    Topics: Geosciences
    Published by Springer
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2013-08-09
    Print ISSN: 0149-0451
    Electronic ISSN: 1521-0529
    Topics: Biology , Geosciences
    Published by Taylor & Francis
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    Publication Date: 2014-01-30
    Print ISSN: 0149-0451
    Electronic ISSN: 1521-0529
    Topics: Biology , Geosciences
    Published by Taylor & Francis
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